abdomens

Updated: June 8, 2025

Their abdomens soon become distended and red with blood, and then, their thirst satisfied, they slowly move off, sometimes so stupefied with their potations that they can scarcely fly. No pain is felt while they are at work, but they each leave a small circular raised spot on the skin and a disagreeable irritation.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons